Judge Lady Prunella Boadicea Springer-Spaniel Bonehart, JD, MBE, DVM, RPh, EdD stood up on her chair and yelled "Cut that man's tongue out and feed it to Tiddles".

Grand Deducer Watson of Sherlock. NoName, no pack drill. Astral zone changed five times a day (flexible). Great at manifesting parking spaces by thought control. Hatred of terminology of survivors and commitment to win-win reality.

Unfortunately yer honour, as Oi am a pirate, Tiddles did learn a thing or two from me about raidin' merchant shippin'.

Since Tiddles was empowered as the King of the Bilge Rats, they do all his bidding yer honour. They even charter their own ships to raid expensive cargoes laden with top gourmet produce headed for the courts of Europe.

King Louis XIV is most upset the Tiddle's Bilge Rat Navy is disrupting his Roquefort Cheese supply. He has called for urgent action to end Tiddle's domination of the English Channel.

Evil Tiddles has been giving a 30% cut of the plunder to the Bilge Rats for continued loyalty, while the rest gets sold on the black market.

Lord Judge Superior N. Owitall Bar strode into the Chamber and cuffed Lady Pru round the head. "You, woman, are not fit to be a Judge" he said in a deep booming voice. Judge Lady Prunella Boadicea Springer-Spaniel Bonehart, JD, MBE, DVM, RPh, EdD fell off her podium into a vat of fish-head stew that had been left beside the bench as evidence.

Lord Judge Superior N. Owitall Bar banged his gavil. The noise shocked the court into silence. It was a sound they all feared.

"This case is dismissed", he said "It is an Ex-Case. It is no more. Polly has fallen off her perch and joined the choir all too visible. No one in their right mind would believe this nonsensical nonsense about a cat. Not if their lives depended on it. Tiddles is a CAT. A C-A-T. Those persons, assuming they are persons, which I am beginning to doubt, who have brought this farcical case will be thoroughly investigated. Hiding behind a CAT is a serious offense. You have not heard the end of this. Not by a long way. Tiddles - you are free to go."

Lord Judge Superior N. Owitall Bar banged his gavel once more and strode out of the courtroom.

Grand Deducer Watson of Sherlock. NoName, no pack drill. Astral zone changed five times a day (flexible). Great at manifesting parking spaces by thought control. Hatred of terminology of survivors and commitment to win-win reality.

Where he made the fatal mistake of stepping on Tiddles tail. As he turned to apologise he was "greeted" by Tiddles, Widdles, Piddles and the entire Tiddles-clone army. After a brief commotion Lord Judge Superior N. Owitall Bar's wig was seen blowing away on the breeze, but that was all that was ever seen of him again.

Meanwhile back in the courtroom faint cries of help were heard coming from the vat of Fish Head Stew.

Judge Lady Prunella Boadicea Springer-Spaniel Bonehart, JD, MBE, DVM, RPh, EdD looked at the name on the charge sheet, she hesitated and looked nervously at an individual in the public gallery, a bead of sweat clearly visible on her brow.

"The Scurvy Fleet Disciplinary Board calls errr..."

Judge Lady Prunella Boadicea Springer-Spaniel Bonehart, JD, MBE, DVM, RPh, EdD then starts to shake violently and stops in mid sentence to take a swig out of her bottle of Rum.

The clerk of the court races over and grabs the judge's shaking hand, slowly she calms down but she has turned a deathly white.

After several minutes she regains her composure.

"The Scurvy Fleet Disciplinary Board calls Cap'n Cronan..."

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

The prosecution begun it's examination. 'Capn DaveL you were recently employed by the Arggghhh Shipping Werks to undertake a trial of a secret prototype galleon the 'Arghhh 9001' off the English channel.'

The Arggghh 9001 be fitted wiv a Computerised Sat Nav system from 'Weather, Farquarweenow and Co. So be Black Bart's ship. Black Bart's ship be spinning an always eds off for Russia. The Arggghh 9001 be always sailing zig zag like an kep missin Black Bart's ship by a Tiddle's wisker. Black Bart got is sails in a twist an, well, that be wot started it off like, me lady.

Grand Deducer Watson of Sherlock. NoName, no pack drill. Astral zone changed five times a day (flexible). Great at manifesting parking spaces by thought control. Hatred of terminology of survivors and commitment to win-win reality.

"Enough of this technical babble, for the benefit of the court I understand the prosecutor has called an independant witness who is an expert on Ship Navigation systems and can interpret the testimony in a manner that the jury and I might add myself can understand"

The prosecutor uttered a nervous laugh "Yes yer onour I would like to call our technical expert The Black Spot"

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.